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Lexicon :: Strong's H4599 - maʿyān

Aa
מַעְיָן
Transliteration
maʿyān
Pronunciation
mah-yawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עַיִן (H5869) (as a denominative in the sense of a spring)
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TWOT Reference: 1613a

Strong’s Definitions

מַעְיָן maʻyân, mah-yawn'; or מַעְיְנוֹ maʻyᵉnôw; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה maʻyânâh; from H5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction):—fountain, spring, well.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H4599 in the following manner: fountain (16x), well (5x), springs (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H4599 in the following manner: fountain (16x), well (5x), springs (2x).

  1. spring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעְיָן maʻyân, mah-yawn'; or מַעְיְנוֹ maʻyᵉnôw; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה maʻyânâh; from H5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction):—fountain, spring, well.
STRONGS H4599: Abbreviations
† מַעְיָן noun masculineProverbs 8:24 spring; — absolute מ׳ Psalm 74:15 +; construct מַעְיַן 2 Kings 3:25 +, מַעְיְנוֺ Psalm 114:8 (Ges§ 90 n); suffix מַעְיָנוֺ Hosea 13:15; plural מַעְיָנוֺת Isaiah 41:18 +, מַעְיָנִים Psalm 104:10; construct מַעְיְנוֺת Genesis 7:11 +, מַעְיְנֵי 1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 3:19, מַעַיְנֵי Isaiah 12:3; suffix מַעְיָנִי Psalm 87:7 (but see below), מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ Proverbs 5:16; — spring, construct before מַיִם 1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 3:19, 25; Joshua 15:9; Joshua 18:15 (both P), Psalm 114:8, compare Proverbs 8:24; מַע׳ alone Isaiah 41:18; Leviticus 11:36 (P), Psalm 74:15; Psalm 104:10; 2 Chronicles 32:4, compare Joel 4:18 (in eschatological picture); in simile Proverbs 25:26; תְּהוֺם מ׳ Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (compare Proverbs 8:28); figurative of source of happiness, enjoyment Hosea 13:15 (|| מְקוֺרוֺ Psalm 84:7; Proverbs 5:16 (of wife, see Toy), compare חָתוּם מ׳ Songs 4:12, גַּנִּים מ׳; Songs 4:15; also Psalm 87:7 (si vera lectio; so De Che Du; Hup Bae We read form of מָעוֺן dwelling; הַיְשׁוּעָה מ׳ Isaiah 12:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 7:11; 8:2

Leviticus

11:36

Joshua

15:9; 18:15

1 Kings

18:5; 18:5

2 Kings

3:19; 3:19; 3:25; 3:25

2 Chronicles

32:4

Psalms

74:15; 74:15; 84:7; 87:7; 87:7; 104:10; 104:10; 114:8; 114:8

Proverbs

5:16; 5:16; 8:24; 8:24; 8:28; 25:26

Song of Songs

4:12; 4:15

Isaiah

12:3; 12:3; 41:18; 41:18

Hosea

13:15; 13:15

H4599

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4599 matches the Hebrew מַעְיָן (maʿyān),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - But at the same time a fountain or a place where water is stored for use will be clean; but anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - And the limit is marked out from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and out to the towns of Mount Ephron, as far as Baalah (which is Kiriath-jearim):

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - And the south part is from the farthest point of Kiriath-jearim, and the line goes out to the west to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - And you are to put every walled town to destruction, cutting down every good tree, and stopping up every water-spring, and making all the good land rough with stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - Pulling down the towns, covering every good field with stones, stopping up all the water-springs, and cutting down all the good trees; they went on driving Moab before them till only in Kir-hareseth were there any Moabites; and the fighting-men went round the town raining stones on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - So they got together a great number of people, and had all the water-springs and the stream flowing through the land stopped up, saying, Why let the kings of Assyria come and have much water?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 - You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 - Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:7 - The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:10 - You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:16 - Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 - Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3 - So with joy will you get water out of the springs of salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - And it will come about in that day that the mountains will be dropping sweet wine, and the hills will be flowing with milk, and all the streams of Judah will be flowing with water; and a fountain will come out from the house of the Lord, watering the valley of acacia-trees.
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